Asus Z170-A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170-A (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '16 at 21:03
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6320-$165 1,734 User benchmarks, average bench 69% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 97.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 355 47% 352 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.1% Terrible	Lighting 7.13 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 7.19 6% 8.68 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.13 Splatting 16.2 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.1% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsai Force GT 120GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 36357905 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 100596724010371 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1478 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 242 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 39 62 55838638119 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 36357905 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 36357905 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 36357905 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4084 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4601 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4601 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7116	65.7% Good	Read 462 Write 140 Mixed 202 58% 268 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 13.9 111% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 36.2 60% 115 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 84%
WD WD5000AAKS-00UU3 500GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 466GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 135 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2781 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6375 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2134 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 351 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2429 (C2) HDA temperature 103 98 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.5% Good	Read 122 Write 114 Mixed 119 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.38 111% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB 952 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 30.9 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 31.3 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 48.5 83% 48.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-A - $200

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	3,892x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	2,381x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	637x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,320x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	738x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	600x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	557x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	550x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	376x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	299x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16